Territory



NITE STATES PATENT FFIcE.

OLIVER R. MEREDITH, JAMES I. GALLAGHER, AND CHARLES E. JONES, OF

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,704, dated January13, 1885.

Application filed November 4, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, OLIVER R. MEREDITH, JAMES I. GALLAGHER, and GHARLEsF. J oNEs, all of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake andTerritory of Utah, have invented a new and Improved Trunk-Corner, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

The object of our invention is to provide a new and improvedcorner-piece for the front corners of trunks, which corner piece alsoserves as a latch-frame.

The invention consists in a trunk cornerpiece provided with a hasp, anda trunk corner-piece provided with a hook-lug, over which the hasp canbe passed. The first-mentioned corner-piece is secured on the corner ofthe trunk-body and the other on the cover.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of our improved trunlocorner. Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on theline ac 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the same on theline y y, Fig. l.

The angle pieces A B, made of cast metal or otherwise, are secured onthe cover A and the trunk-body B, respectively, the bottom edge of thepiece A being flush with the bottom of the cover, and the top edge ofthe piece B is flush with the top edge of the trunk-body. The height ofeach piece is greatest at the corner, and decreases toward the ends ofthe arms, the outer edges being stepped from the corner toward the ends.

From the bottom edge of the top piece, A, two lugs, 0, project down oneach side, the inner edges of the lugs being flush with the innersurface of the angle-piece, and the outer surfaces of the said lugs andtheir bottom edges being rounded. The front sides of the lugs 0 set backa short distance from the outer surface of the angle -piece. Pockets Dare formed in the upper edge and rear surface of the bottom anglepiece,B.

From the bottom edge of the top anglepiece, A, a hook-lug, E, projectsdownward (N0 model.)

at the front of the trunk, and is provided on its free end with anoutwardly projecting prong, F. A recess, G, is formed in the front ofthe bottom angle-piece, B, for securing the lug E. A hasp, H, is hingedon the front of the piece B, and is adapted to be swung against thefront of the said angle-piece, and it is provided at its free end with aslot, J, into which the prong F projects when the hasp is folded againstthe angle-piece, thus holding the cover on the trunk. The inner end ofthe swinging or hinged hasp H is held in a casing, L, on the front ofthe angle-piece, the said casing containing a spring, M, acting on theinner end of the hasp, and serving to hold it in place. When the coveris swung down, the lugs 0 pass into the pockets D, and the lug E passesinto the recess G. The hasp H is then swung against the face of theangle-piece B, the prong F passing into the slot J in the hasp, and thuslocking the cover on the trunk. The anglepieces strengthen and protectthe corners, and thus make the trunk more durable. 7

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the trunk cornerpiece A, having a hooking, E,of the cornerpiece B and the hasp H, hinged on the same, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the trunk cornerpiece A, having lug O and ahook-lug, E, of the corner-piece B, having recesses D and G, and of thehinged hasp H, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The trunk cornerpiece A, having upon the lower edge the hook-lug E,in combination with the apertured latch H, having apintle at itsbifurcated end, and the case L, having a spring, M, bearing upon saidpintle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

OLIVER R. MEREDITH. JAMES I. GALLAGHER. CHARLES E. JONES.

Witnesses:

A. J. WHITE, J. A. FISHER, O. J SMITH.

